The next knockout: Kazakhstan's Gennady Golovkin makes US debut with middleweight dreams

should know his name very soon. Golovkin (23-0, 20 KOs) makes his American debut Saturday night, fighting Poland's Grzegorz Proksa at a casino in upstate New York. Already a world citizen, Golovkin is determined to conquer the U.S. — and he's

a two-week head start on the celebrated colleagues on Sept. 1, when he'll risk both belts against once-beaten Pole Grzegorz Proksa at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, N.Y. It's the second fight of 2012 for the hard-punching claimant

Gibb, Rosenthal ousted in beach volleyball

women's tournament. They will both play Tuesday. Cerutti and Rego needed three sets to top Poland's Mariusz Prudel and Grzegorz Fijalek 21-17, 16-21, 17-15 in one hour Monday. The other men's semifinal Tuesday will pit Germany's Julius Brink

battle — under the headline: "Poland-Russia: The battle of Warsaw 2012." The head of the Polish football association, Grzegorz Lato, tried to play down the political overtones. "We are apolitical, we are not interested in the atmosphere that some

Ukraine faces boycott, Warsaw on alert

coach Vicente del Bosque and midfielder Andres Iniesta said the pitch was too dry, a complaint rejected as "nonsense" by Grzegorz Lato, head of the Polish FA. He said the pitch could only have been watered with the agreement of both teams but Italy rejected